GHSA-jmmg-jqc7-5qf4: OpenClaw's browser-origin WebSocket auth hardening gap could enable loopback password brute-force chains

March 3, 2026

This issue is a browser-origin WebSocket auth chain on local loopback deployments using password auth. It is serious, but conditional: an attacker must get the user to open a malicious page and then successfully guess the gateway password.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jmmg-jqc7-5qf4
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c736f11a16d6bc27ea62a0fe40fffae4cb071fdb
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmg-jqc7-5qf4

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